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“No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background or his religion.
People learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”
–Nelson Mandela

RTC is happy to support and be in attendance at the Whānau at the Falls Community Day on Saturday, 16 March. The event is scheduled to run from 12pm to 4pm that day.
The kaupapa of the day, as set by the organising committee, is a day of fun for families around the following:
1. Drug & Alcohol free
2. Smoke-free
3. Health Promotion
We will have a stall set up, with our friendly and helpful staff, giveaways and more. So if you are interested in learning about how RTC c...

Staff and students at RTC have worked together to come up with a new RTC karakia for our campuses to share to open our day and to close our day, every day:
Kia whakapapa pounamu te moana
Hei huarahi ma tatou o RTC i te rangi
Kia mohio nga kaiako
Kia matau nga akoranga
Aroha atu, aroha mai
Tatou i a tatou katoa
Hui e! Taiki e!
May the seas be calm
So that the journey of the people at RTC is good today
So that the tutors are wise
And the students are educated
Love one another...

At RTC, zero fees really does mean ZERO fees.
There are no administration charges, no fees for books or even for stationery, you just turn up...and probably on one of our completely FREE vans. ZERO fees includes all of our programmes and courses from Level 1 up to Level 3; and our flexible Literacy programmes too. So if you are keen to get yourself some recognised qualifications and skills for work without a big student loan, then RTC is the place to be.
If yo...

On Thursday, 28th February from 10am to 2pm, RTC will be hosting A Day Out for Youth in Dargaville's Selwyn Park. The Edge Road Runners will also be on site to support RTC, and to provide the sounds.
There will be a free BBQ happening, with free drink and fruit; there will be fun, games, and challenges with prizes to the winners throughout the event, and of course because it is RTC, it is all FREE. Open to learners aged 16+ (or even if you are 15 and eligible for a school ex...

At RTC we aroha our learners, we know how awesome they are, so why wouldn't we use them for all of our print and radio adverts?
It is that time of year to update our radio adverts again, and who better to voice them than our learners and recent graduates??? Some of our learners and graduates got together in the NZME professional recording studio on Friday 22 February, to record some new style adverts for MaiFM and The Edge with the radio creative teams. Their voi...

Come on down to our FREE Ruakaka Youth Day which is being held on Friday 22 February from 10am to 2pm.
The Edge will be on site supporting us, broadcasting and running competitions. There will be music, sports events and of course, because it is RTC, free food and drinks! You will get to meet some of our awesome staff, and if you want to enrol, you can enrol right then and there on the day!
You will find us on the field opposite Bream Bay College, on Peter Sne...

Come on down to our FREE Moerewa Youth Day which is being held on WEDNESDAY 20th FEBRUARY from 10am-2pm.
There will be giveaways and prizes, all activities are free. There will be music, sports events and of course, because it is RTC, a free BBQ and drinks! You will get to meet some of our awesome staff, and if you want to enrol, you can enrol right then and there on the day!
You will find us at 52 Main Road, outside the Moerewa Christian Fellowship building. For...

Just a quick reminder that if you are on one of our courses, and are eligible (heaps of people are, just call us on freephone 0800 734 368 to find out) we can pick you up and drop you off, or subsidise a bus pass for you (if available in your area).
We have vans travelling all over the North, from Ruawai, right up to Awanui, including heaps of places in between from the West Coast to the East Coast. If you are eligible this is a completely free service for you care of RTC because we und...